15 Strategic Ways To Get More Retweets

Twitter is a brilliant social networking tool for individuals and businesses alike. Essential information is shared, opinions are discussed, relationships are sealed and useful products are promoted through tweets. Retweet (RT) is a remarkable Twitter feature that brands and adds value to tweets.

It is thereby fundamental to enlighten yourself with the ways to obtain more retweets.

1. Tweet with VISUAL CONTENT

Use pictures, videos, illustrations, graphs and mini-info graphics. They make a tweet all the more arresting than a bland string of text. Adding such visuals boost retweet rates by 150%.

Choose a visual that is vibrant or one that is riveting. For example, check this Nat Geo image that has 190 retweets primarily owing to the stunning photograph.

Tweeting with links gains more followers. According to a data report by Sales force Marketing Cloud, here is the math: tweets with no links receive 86% lower retweet rates than tweets that contain links. Hence, include links in your tweets.

3. Tweet and REPEAT

Fresh tweets become stale within minutes. If you have an amazing piece of information that is worth sharing a zillion times, by all means do. A word of caution: restrict the annoyance quotient through repetition. Excite your followers by presenting the same amazing piece of information in different formats.

Quote it the first time

Use an image the second time. (Never spam in quick succession, leave sensible time between tweets.)

Follow up with a link the third time. (As above, space out the tweets.)

4. Tweet More CURRENT EVENTS

Retweet rates soar high for the latest happenings; add value to your tweets by discussing current events; Ask questions, tease for more information, and frame opinions on trending topics. Get a bunch of those events, keep them handy and tweet them at frequent intervals.

Try Trends map, an excellent tool to track local trending topics on Twitter.

5. TIMING Matters

To get more retweets, tweet at the optimal time.

Intensive studies have been conducted on retweet timings and practically speaking, there are no invariable, sacred statistics for retweets. Followers exist in multiple time zones and it is imperative to use Twitter analysis tools to get your best strategic time.

There is a plethora of tools to choose from, the ubiquitous being Follower wonk. It provides the most active hours of tweets and retweets. Make your own analysis from the graphs, evaluate the hours sensibly and retweet at those definite times. Take this example from the Follower wonk site:

Big names drive retweets. Choose “niche influencers” (people sharing powerful information on a specific topic, not necessarily celebrities) who have a lot of followers and add them to your tweet.

Keep caution in including their names; let the tweet be gentle or good enough for the influencer to be added. Those who follow the influencers are more likely to follow your tweet and retweet. If you have more number of followers, higher is the probability of retweets.

7. Get to know your TWEETABLES and RETWEETABLES

One man has done extensive research on retweet-able words and made our tweeting lives easier. Bless the good-hearted Dan Zarrella, a social media scientist for his robust findings.

Follow his cue and remember to use these words in your tweets for high retweet rates: